CVE-2022-42308 is a path traversal vulnerability affecting Veritas NetBackup through version 8.2 and related products. A local attacker can exploit this flaw in the pbx_exchange registration code to delete arbitrary files on the system. With a CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH), this vulnerability has low attack complexity and requires local privileges, leading to high integrity and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, though it has garnered some community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
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